Time to Roam Magazine Issue 4 - August/September 2013 | Page 29

South Tweed Caravans … to get you where you want to go A Family Owned, Operated & Trusted Business since 1978. Celebrating our 35th Anniversary this year. Our Customers come as Strangers and leave as Friends. Proud Dealer for Australia’s iconic Millard Caravans – Pop Tops & Slide On Campers Custom Made New Caravans A Great Range of Quality Hand-Picked Used Caravans We Buy and Trade Used Vans Hans Trailers, Renowned for Quality with 5 Year Warranty Ask us about Insurance & Finance RACQ Inspected Caravan Dealer On the Coolangatta Tweed border 24 Minjungbal Drive | Tweed Heads South NSW 2486 [email protected] www.southtweedcaravansales.com.au South TweedCaravan Sales 07 55243745 A Millard Brochure from the late 1960s (top) along with the 2013 version upholstery. On the day of our visit, the upholsterers are hard at it making up leather seating using full cow hides. There’s no cutting corners here. As one of the long-term workers quietly suggested to me, while Millard has been around for 66 years, there hasn’t always been the same exacting attention to detail. “Before we were building Hyundai (quality), now we make Mercedes Benz,” he said somewhat slyly. The motoring comparison is apt given Garry has a background in motor racing and Hugh began his career working at the Porsche motor plant in Germany. He stayed for nine years before going to Ferrari in Italy. It was a long apprenticeship in precision manufacturing and the Millard workforce is keenly aware of Hugh’s standards. While proud of Millard’s Australian manufacturing heritage, he’s not been backwards in injecting a little European style and quality into the vans and travels to the major European RV show in Dusseldorf each year to check out what’s new. “We source the best materials with a quality that will last, for example we pay $7.50 for each of the > 66 Ca